Smoking pipe



Aprfifl 1924:. 1,498,813

v. E. FERMIER 4 SMOKING PI PE Filed Dec. 4, 1920 W M58858 mum/70R A TTORHEYS Patented Apr. 15, 1924.

UNITEE STATES PATENT orrice.

VICTOR EMANUEL FERMIER, 0F DALLAS, TEXAS.

SMOKING PIPE.

Application filed December 4, 1920. Serial No. 428,318.

To all whom it may concern:

lfie it known that I, l rc'ron E. FnRMiE-R, a citlzen of the United States, and a resident of Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State The object of the invention is to provide a smoking pipe having a reservoir incorporated in its structure in such manner as to collect all moisture and liquids to thereby pre vent clogging of the smoke passages and which is so constructed and arranged that the elements of the pipe may be securely assembled although they maybe easily disassenibled to provide for cleaning or replacement of the parts and the like.

Other objects and advantages of the invention reside in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a transverse vertical section of one form of my invention embodied in a straight stem pipe;

Figure 2 is a detail perspective view of the reservoir and the associated structure of Figure 1; i I

Figure 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view of a modified form of my invention embodied in a curved stem pipe;

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of the reservoir and the associated structure of this form of the invention; v V

Figure 5 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the form of my invention shown in Figures 1 and 2 embodied in a long stem pipe.

Referring to the drawings especially to Figures 1 and 2 it will be seen that my in vention contemplates in this embodiment a pipe having a bowl 5 and a straight stem 6 through which extends a smoke passage 7 to the bowl. A. month piece 8 having a smoke passage 9 is adapted to be associated with the pipe stein. Boththe pipe stem and the mouth piece are provided with an internally threaded bore, indicated at 10, which bores, when the mouth piece and stem are assembled, are adapted to be alined.

A sleeve 11 has its outer periphery threaded indicated at 12. The threads 12 of the sleeve are adapted to engage the internal threads of the bores of the pipe stem and the mouth piece, and in this manner the sleeve serves to connect the mouth piece and the stem. At the end of the sleeve, adjacent the bowl, it is provided with internal threads, indicated at 18. A head 14 has its periphery threaded, as at 15, to engage with the threads 13 of the sleeve. An elongated tube 16 is carried by the head 14 preferably centrally thereof and extends through the head and inwardly of the sleeve for a substantial distance. The passage'of the tube serves to afford communication between the smoke passage 7 and the smoke passage 9. The outer side of the head 14 is provided with a boss 17 having its periphery milled, as at 18. The boss 17 provides for the ready handling of the head in assembling and disassembling the device.

In operation, in this form of my invention, the head 14 is'first assembled with the sleeve by threading the periphery thereof into engagement with the internal threads or" the sleeve. The sleeve is then threaded into the bore of the stem and the mouth piece is then threaded on the sleeve.

'In the embodiment of my invention shown in Figures 3 and 4 the pipe embodies a bowl 19 and a stem 20 having a smoke passage 21 leading to the bowl. The stem is inclined from the bowl of the pipe so as to constitute with the mouth piece 22 what is conventionally known as a curved stem pipe. In this form of the invention the stem is provided with an internal threaded bore 23 and the mouth piece is provided with a bore 24 which is not threaded and with a reduced 7 extension 25. The reduced extension 25 is adapted to enter into frictional engagement with the inner surface of the sleeve and thereby secure the mouth piece in position. As shown in detail in Figure 4 the sleeve 26 is provided with an annular flange 27 at its upper or outer end. The periphery of the flange 27 is milled, as shown in the drawings, to provide for ready handling of the sleeve in assembling and disassembling the pipe. The threads 28 on the outer periphery of the sleeve are adapted to engage with the threads 23 of the bore of the pipe stem and the annular shoulder 27 abuts the upper end of the pipe stem, as clearly shown in Figure 3. The head 29 is constructed in all respects like the head 14 of the other embodiment of the invention and the same applies to the tube 30 except that it extends not only inwardly of the sleeve but also beyond the same well up into the bore 2&. The tube 30 is carried by the head as in the other embodiment and its passage provides communication between the smoke passage of the pipe stem and of the mouth piece.

In Figure 5 I have shown the form of my invention disclosed in'Figures 1 and 2 and herein-above described embodied in a long stem pipe. In this embodiment, the bowl of the pipe is indicated at 31 and has the usual stem 32 provided with a smoke passage 33. The long stem 84- has one end tapered and frictionally engaged with the ste1n32, as indicated at 35. The other end of the long stem 34 is provided with an internally threaded bore, indicated at 36, which is alined with the internally threaded bore 37 of the mouth piece 38. These alined internally threaded bores receive the reservoir and associated structure which is constructed precisely the same as the reservoir and associated structure disclosed in Figures 1 and 2 and herein-above fully described.

Although I have shown the form of my invention which includes an externally threaded sleeve as applied to straight and long stein pipes, it is understood that it can be applied with equal advantage to curved stem pipes and further that while the form of my invention shown in Figures 3 and a is embodied ina curved stein pipe that this form of my invention can be embodied with equal advantages with a straight stem or long stem pipe,

In the use of the pipe in either embodiment of the invention, the liquid from the mouth piece is collected in the reservoir defined by the sleeve and its head. The tube extending well inwardly of the sleeve proides for a clean dry passage oi the smoke at all times and any clogging oi"- the smoke passages due to a soggy condition of the tobacco in the lower portion of the bowl is precluded. Moreover, the deposits which naturally occur Ill the smoke passages are all collected in the reservoir from which they may be readily removed so that the flavor of the smoke is in no way detracted from.

It is to be noted that the sleeve is endowed with a double function, in that it serves not only to connect the mouth piece to the stem but also defines the reservoir. The head 14 serves as the bottom of the reservoir and may be adjusted with respect thereto and may be removed to facilitate cleaning of the reservoir.

Although I have herein shown and described only three forms embodying my invention, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a smoking pipe of the character described, a bowl, a stein provided with a threaded bore, a mouth piece having a threaded bore, a sleeve having its outer periphery threaded and engaging the threads of the bores of the stem and mouth piece to connectthe same, said sleeve having its inner periphery threaded at the end adjacent said bowl, a head vhaving its periphery threaded and engaging the internal threads of said sleeve and a tube carried by and extending through said head and inwardly of said sleeve.

2. In a smoking pipe of the character described, a bowl, a stem provided with a threaded bore, a mouth piece having a threaded bore, a sleeve having its outer periphery threaded and engaging the threads of the bores of the stem and mouthpiece to connect the same, said sleeve having its inner periphery threaded at the end adjacent said bowl, a head having its periphery threadedand engaging the internal threads of said sleeve and having an annular milled boss formed on its outer surface to facilitate handling, and a tube carried by and extending through said head and inwardly of said sleeve, the boss having an opening communicating with the opening of the sleeve.

VICTOR EMANUEL FERMIER. 

